Update on the distribution and ecology of Sphagnum portoricense

Bryologist

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-550

  Karlin, Eric F ^a  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; China; Coastal plain; Distribution; Ecology; Guyana; Puerto Rico; Sphagnum portoricense; Sporophyte; Venezuela; Virginia

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM PORTORICENSE; TERNSTROEMIA LUQUILLENSIS;

EID: 33846050046     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[541:UOTDAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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